Bellingham Technical College (Wash.) President Patricia McKeown
announced that the college has been awarded a five-year U.S. Department
of Education Title III grant of $1.7 million. BTC's Title III grant
award, which runs from Oct. 1, 2011 to Sept. 30, 2016, focuses on
maintaining and developing student success, completion, and transition
strategies. The first year award is for $160,368 with $400,000 awarded
for each of the following four years. These Title III grant objectives
fit perfectly with other initiatives that BTC is currently working on,
such as Achieving the Dream, the data-driven initiative focusing on
enabling low-income students and students of color to attain
postsecondary credentials. Along with Title HI and ATD support, BTC has
received grant and project funding and support from federal and state
agencies and private foundations. All of these resources will assist the
college in developing data-driven, effective and integrated systems to
help BTC students succeed and persist in the college's workforce
training programs.

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